Notes on CANNIBAL COUSINS

By John Houston Craige

Bob Corbett
Written sometime before 1990

Despite the strange title this is a book about the American Occupation. It is a book that reflects the lack of understanding of Haitian culture, and the interplay of American racism in Haiti.

Craige's stance is to appear the liberal, but his superficial recounting of wild stories as fact is a clear methodological sign of someone who is not very serious about history or culture. It's a book written to titillate and sell!

• p. 60. great quote. He approves of imperialism, but not the appearance of imperialism.
• p. 64 Peralte
• p. 65. Benoit de Bratville
• p. 77. The Nation took up the battle for Haiti against the occupation.
• p. 78. Attack on The Nation's journalist. Check his story on The Nation. Period prior to 1920.

Craige is constantly impuning motives and reporting stories and surmises as fact.

• p. 86-87. A white wash of senators taken as fact.
• p. 90. Claims Pierre Perault, a mulatto arms dealer betrayed Peralte.
• p. 100. Another great quote.
• p. 114. Two sorts of cannibalism.
• p. 139 Bellegarde under Soulouque
• p. 177 Picquets sort of Haitian Ku Klux Klan.
• p. 182 Bazelais Invaded on March 26, 1883 from Jamaica.
• p. 221 16 Haitian constitution by 1934.
• p. 227 Jean Pierre Delva killed by Petion
• p. 248 Damien Delva, son of Jean Pierre was a noble under Soulouque.
• p. 296 Feb. 28, 1930 Forbes Hoover Forbes-Hoover commission in Haiti.
• p. 298--299 The last two paragraphs of the book are memorable quotes.

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